All 4 Uses of
mortgage
in
The Cherry Orchard
- 240 roubles …. to pay the interest on my mortgage to-morrow ….†
Act 1
- Two hundred and forty roubles ... to pay the interest on the mortgage.
Act 1 *mortgage = a real estate loan; or pledging something for a loan
- Leonid Andreyevitch had only fifteen thousand roubles, and Deriganov offered thirty thousand on top of the mortgage to begin with.†
Act 3
- I bid ninety more than the mortgage; and it stayed with me.†
Act 3
Definition:
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(mortgage) a real estate loan; or to offer real estate as collateral for a loan
(collateral is something that has to be given to the lender if the loan isn't paid as agreed)